Secrets

Chapter 1

The summer was over and Troy was decidedly unhappy to be going back to school, he had been to see his grandparents in Australia for the summer and like every other time he had been to see them he never liked coming home. His parents were rich so they liked to get him out of the country during the summer months, and though he had thought them before leaving having wanted to stay with his friends and Gabriella by the time he had got there he had forgotten about the fights before leaving.

"Troy phone for you." Jack Bolton called up the stairs.

He picked up the phone saying he had it, 'Hey.' he said into the phone.

'Hi Troy.' Gabriella said down the phone.

'Oh hey Gabs, I'm getting ready to leave now you need a lift?" Troy asked her.

'Its okay Zeke is giving me a lift in.' Gabriella said he knew he should feel some betrayal but all he felt was relieve. 'Troy are you there?' she asked worriedly.

'Yeah I am here, your with Zeke now then.' Troy asked.

'Troy you left for Australia for the summer things happen.' she said down the phone.

'Its cool good luck with that.' Troy said putting the phone down on a stunned Gabriella.

Flashback

Troy was sitting on the beach watching the surfers doing their thing, he had been down here every day of the summer so far that he hadn't been doing something with his cousin Alexis who lived with there grandparents after his aunt and uncle had died in the world trade centre. Alexis was younger than him by like six months, but when they got together they always managed to have fun.

Alexis had shown him Melbourne life all the secrets that the tourists didn't know about that was, he had friends here of course most of them were in the sea at the moment surfing. He had been in a couple of times already today but he liked bathing in the sun as well something he couldn't do a lot of that on a beach back home.

"Troy you should come back in." Nick said to him.

"I'm cool thanks." Troy replied shading his eyes to look at the blond.

"You missing your girlfriend?" he asked Troy laughed.

"Not as much as I thought I would." Troy replied Nick sat down on the towel beside him. "I like it here, I have friends and family here." he replied.

"You sure do, Alexis doesn't shut up about you when your not here." Nick said to him. "Look Troy I'm not to good with these things so I am just going to say it, I like you a lot and well since last summer I kind of developed a crush on you." Nick said then he kissed him Troy was still for a moment before he found himself pulling the blond to him and kissing him back ignoring their friends wolf whistles and Alex laughing.

When they pulled apart Troy was shocked it felt kind of good to kiss him, "I'm not gay Nick." he said standing up and walking back towards the surf.

"For someone who isn't gay you sure do like kissing guys." Nick snapped at him.

"I don't know why I kissed you okay but I am not gay so leave it." Troy snarled as he rejoined the group.

"Troy…" Nick said.

"Just leave it okay." Troy said. "We are friends don't spoil it please." he said softly to the blond. "I like you but its confusing okay, I am here on holiday with my family, I don't want to spoil that and I don't want to hurt you." Troy added the blond nodded Troy wiped the tears away.

End flashback

Troy had been back three days before the start of term, so when he pulled into the car park twenty five minutes after he left the house his friends saw the well tanned boy looking very relaxed. Gabriella and Zeke looked at him worriedly he just smiled their way before ignoring them both and turned to Chad and Ryan.

"Good summer?" he asked Ryan.

"Not bad you?" he asked.

"Good thanks it was nice to see Alex and my grandparents, I been back three days." Troy said to him.

"I bet you miss that." he said to Troy.

"Sun sea and beach every day you kidding I hated it." Troy replied laughing with his friends.

"Troy don't ignore me." Gabriella said Chad stared at him sadly before Troy turned to face his ex-girlfriend.

"What is there to say Gabriella." he demanded of the girl.

"Your not being fair dude." Zeke said to him.

"I wasn't the one screwing around with someone else's girlfriend while they were on their holidays Zeke." Troy snapped at the boy in front of him. "But not to worry Zeke your welcome to her." he said nastily before walking away from them both.

"Troy you left remember." Gabriella said angrily Troy turned to face her.

"That's right Gabriella I left for my summer holiday, I didn't dump you and you didn't dump me I guess that meant you were screwing around with him while technically dating me, so you have no right to be angry with me for being annoyed at the cheating bitch that is my ex girlfriend." Troy snapped at the girl who looked like she had been slapped.

"Your out of line Troy." Zeke snarled.

"I guess that would be because I was quite happy just to get on with things and ignore the fact that your all over her this morning, I didn't start this conversation but I will end it stay the hell away from me the pair of you. And Zeke you can try out with the rest of the hopefuls because your off the team." Troy said to the boy before continuing to his locker.

Chad managed to get to him as he arrived at his locker.

"Hey dude, we told them that it would end like this." Chad said.

"You know what really hurt Chad, you knew you emailed me every fucking day and you said nothing. Does it matter that I am glad its done with no, but you are my best friend and you should have fucking told me." Troy said angrily Chad sighed nodding his head.

"I'm sorry but I didn't want to ruin your holiday." Chad said.

"I get it, look I'm not angry at you okay. I'm angry that she told me over the phone this morning." Troy said to him Chad grimaced. "Yes that's right the bitch told me over the phone." he added slamming his locker door closed then punching it for good measure. "I can handle that they are together but they had no fucking right to tell me like that." Troy snarled.

"We'll be late for class." Chad said.

"You go ahead I need some fresh air." Troy said to him Chad looked like he wanted to go with him but nodded at him before leaving his friend alone.

Troy headed up to his favourite spot in the school, sitting among the flowers on the roof he ignored the bell and sat in silence for a long while until he heard a cough from the stair way he looked at the blond standing in the stair way.

"Ryan your missing home room." Troy said.

"So are you, I'm sorry about Gabriella Troy." Ryan said.

"What does it matter to you Ryan? You don't like me and you happen to be good friends with Gabriella." Troy snapped at him.

"What gives you the impression I don't like you?" Ryan asked.

"Maybe the fact that you avoid me at all costs." Troy replied.

"That's not because I don't like you." Ryan said to him. "Troy I'm gay okay, you're my crush its hard to be around you for me." he said Troy actually laughed at him but he nodded at his friend.

"I know your gay Ryan." Troy replied to the boy.

"How?" he asked.

"Call it intuition." Troy replied.

"Oh my fucking god your gay or bi." he said Troy smiled.

"I kissed a guy this summer kind of freaked out about it at the time, I wasn't angry with them for getting together I was angry that they told me by phone call. That would be something I'd expect from your sister not her." Troy said to him Ryan laughed.

"That's the truth." Ryan said. "I won't say a word." he added.

"Thanks." Troy said to him he smiled.

"Is their someone you like?" he asked Troy smirked.

"I'm pretty sure that his standing in front of me, it started I think in the musical when I saw you in just your boxers." Troy said Ryan blushed. "I was with Gabriella and just put it down to hormones or something, when Nick kissed me this summer I couldn't deny that I liked it a lot." Troy said to him Ryan grinned.

"Me why me?" Ryan asked.

"Oh I don't know your like the second hottest guy in school after me." Troy said with a wriggle of his eye brows and a giggle at the look of mock anger on his friends face. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything about this to our friends." he said to him.

"I'll see you later Ryan I need to get to the gym." Troy said to him the blond smiled as Troy walked past he put a card in the boys hand. "Call me." he said in his ear.

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Ryan's POV

He arrived home with a smile on his lips well he had been smiling all day, Sharpay found him in his room not long after dinner talking on line to someone still smiling as his music was playing loudly in the background.

"Ryan." Sharpay said.

"Oh hey Shar." Ryan said typing something laughing.

"Why are you so happy?" Sharpay asked.

"Troy's online I need the bathroom why don't you talk to him while I am in the bathroom." Ryan said to her.

"What are you doing talking to Troy?" she asked.

"Ask him." Ryan said with a smirk.

As he disappeared into the bathroom in his rooms, she looked at the laptop and started to type.

'Why are you talking to Ryan?' she asked him.

'I'm not allowed to talk to Ryan now?' he demanded.

'Answer the question.' she demanded.

'Jesus woman, I like him okay, if you say a word to anyone Sharpay your dead.' he said she was laughing her head of. 'Hey I can see you on the webcam its not funny.' he said to her she sobered up a lot at this.

'I never thought I would see you with my brother.' Sharpay said. 'This is rich.' she said.

'Sharpay please, I don't want the whole world to know about me.' he said to her.

'I'm not going to out you Troy' she said. 'Ryan would kill me, that is the only reason though.' she said to him.

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Troy's POV

One week later

Troy walked to his locker slowly enjoying the presence of his friends Chad was laughing as usual, Troy however angrily stared at his locker which had an angry black letters screaming fag on his locker. Troy didn't bother to wait to see his friends reactions as he ran of out of the school, Chad chased after him but he only saw his friends tail lights flare as he turned out of the school parking lot.

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Ryan's POV

Ryan stopped in front of his sisters locker she was smirking about something, "What did you do Sharpay?" he said to her.

"I let the right people know that the basketball man is a bender." she said laughing her head of Ryan stared at her in shock.

"You gave him your word you wouldn't tell anyone Sharpay." Ryan snarled at his sister.

"I lied, I wanted him to suffer the humiliation I felt at finding out my crush was a faggot." she snarled Ryan reared back his hand slamming it across her face in a slap that shocked him and made her cry.

"The world doesn't fucking evolve around you. You can't destroy peoples lives because they don't like you like you like them, how can you be such a bitch." he snarled at her before storming of his bag slung over his shoulder.

Chad found Ryan a little while later on the roof staring of into space.

"Ryan do you know where Troy went?" Chad asked him.

"No I don't sorry." Ryan said. "How did you know?" he asked.

"I know my best friend Ryan, I'm worried about him." Chad said.

"Sharpay did this, she told him she wouldn't say anything to anyone Chad." Ryan said the hurt in his own tone.

"Worry about Troy right now." Chad said to him. "We'll deal with Sharpay later." he added the blond nodded taking his phone out and dialling his friends phone. "I tried he turned it of." Chad said to him Ryan nodded he got the same thing.

"I don't know where he would go, would he go home?" Ryan asked Chad.

"No his mums home." Chad said.

"I'm going to try." Ryan said as Troy's dad came up the stairs obviously trying to find his son.

"He left school after he saw his locker." Chad said.

"Is it true?" Jack asked Ryan nodded. "I can't help find him boys I have classes, but I already told his mum to tell him I am happy as long as he is. Let him know that if you find him, let him know we both are okay." he said Chad nodded.

"We will do, his not home is he?" Ryan asked Jack looked at him.

"You're the boy who stole his heart then." Jack asked Ryan smiled. "No I phoned home a while back he isn't there." Jack said the blond nodded. "Don't worry about me Ryan worry about his mum hurting your sister." the man said guessing right about the leak.

"I didn't know she'd do this." Ryan said to the retreating back of his boyfriends fathers back.

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Troy's ROV

Troy walked into his house late that afternoon he heard his mum in the kitchen but rushed up the stairs shutting the door behind him locking the door as he did so, he slumped onto his bed covering his face with his arm he heard his mum calling to him through the door but he couldn't face anyone let alone his own family.

"Troy." he heard his dad looking across at his windows and balcony. "Let me in son." he said Troy sighed but got up and walked to the balcony window opening it for him he was surprised to find himself being hugged by his dad. "You've had a lot of people worried about you today kiddo." he said into his sons hair. "Ryan and Chad have spent most of the day looking for you." he said to Troy.

"I'm sorry." Troy murmured.

"Don't be, this wasn't your fault son." Jack said holding him. "If Ryan is who makes you happy then that is all that matters to us." he added he felt his son relax physically in his arms and heard his son sob as he opened the door for his mum to come in to the room.

"Troy." his mum said before pulling him to her hugging him. "Don't you ever do that to me again young man I have been worried sick about you all day." she said to him as he cried in her arms. "That girl is not the consensus of the rest of us, she has to face her friends and her twin for what she did today." his mum said to him. "Now shower and come down to eat." she said to him softly he nodded before watching them leave.

He looked at his phone on his king size four poster bed which had been ringing all day he had ignored it for the most part.

Dialling Ryan's number he waited for him to pick up.

'Troy thank god are you okay?' he asked.

"I'm at home, I'm sorry about today I just wanted to be alone.' Troy said to his boyfriend.

'I'm going to kill my sister, she had no right to do what she did.' Ryan said Troy laughed.

"I just wanted to let you know I am at home and safe and I'll see you tomorrow.' Troy said.

'Sure thing, I am with the others so they know we can stop looking. Do you want me to come over?' he asked.

"I'd like that.' Troy said.

'I'll see you in a little while.' Ryan said putting the phone down.

Twenty minutes later as the doorbell rang Troy walked down the stairs in fresh cloths, "Troy is in the shower why don't you come in and wait for him." his mum said to him.

"Hey Ryan just got out." Troy said. "Is it okay if he joins us for dinner?" he asked.

"Of course though you wont be able to have seconds." his mum said Troy laughed and it was good to hear him laugh.

"I don't want to impose Mrs. Bolton." Ryan said.

"Not at all, usually we have more than enough to feed the three of us." his mum said to him Ryan smiled.

"That and she always cooks for four of us." Troy said to him Ryan laughed.

"You have an older brother in the Army right?" Ryan asked.

"Alex, yeah his like six years older than me. His coming home next weekend, I get to meet my nephew for the first time." Troy said to him his friend smiled. "Mums getting weepy about it if you ask me." Troy said laughing.

"I am not Troy." his mum said as his dad and he chuckled.

"Hello Ryan." Jack said to him.

"Hi sir." Ryan said.

"None of that call me Jack and Troy's mum Sarah." Jack said as Ryan sat down at the large table.

"I never imagined that Troy would live in a house like this." Ryan said.

"What just because we don't flaunt our money Ryan doesn't mean that we don't live in a big house with big cars." Troy said to him.

"I know I just thought it would be more homely." Ryan said everyone laughed.

"Oh, well I'll let you live." Troy said with a smile.

They sat eating dinner in silence but not a uncomfortable silence, Troy and Ryan sharing smiles every once in a while and his parents watching the two of them when they were done Troy said.

"Can I take Ryan up stairs?"

"Door open." Jack said to him Troy nodded.

Troy led the way to his room at the back of the house looking out at the lake not that far from the house, Ryan smiled as he entered the room leaving the door open as asked. He took in the posters for the Red hawks, he also took in the photos of family he had never seen of Troy's and a photo of a baby in his dads arms.

"You think your brother will mind?" he asked.

"I doubt he'll care, Alex and I are close we always talk on the phone, I can't wait to see my nephew Lucas." Troy said to Ryan.

"I didn't realize that you had such a big family." Ryan said.

"Not really I have an aunt and a cousin, though my cousin lives with my grandparents in Australia." Troy said to him.

"Old money?" Ryan asked Troy laughed.

"My grandparents made it big, my mum works from home some days like today but she runs her own successful business." Troy said to him. "I don't brag about it but if I chose not to I could afford not to work, never going to happen I am not like that but from the age of three I have had my own business portfolio thanks to mum." Troy added Ryan laughed. "I even have a business advisor and investment manager." he said laughing.

"I'm sorry about Sharpay, I slapped her when I heard I mean really slapped her." Ryan said to him.

"I don't want to cause a rift between you and your family Ryan." Troy said.

"My parents know I am gay and knowing them when they find out what she did to you and me today she's going to get it from them as well, I'll get a mouthful for slapping her in school but believe me its worth it after what she did to us." Ryan said Troy pulled him into a hug and held him close. "I never thought she would be so vindictive towards me, I know she wanted you for herself but I didn't think she'd stoop to outing you." Ryan said Troy pulled back to look at the blond.

"Don't worry about it, your not at fault for your sisters actions I know that my parents know that and you know what our friends know that." Troy said to him taking his hands in his own. "I'm angry at her I'm hurt that she did that god knows I am but I'll live." Troy said to him. "Its not how I wanted people to find out about me or us for that matter but I am not going to hide away." he added to the blond who smiled.

"Thanks for dinner." Ryan said.

"Your welcome, Alex will want to meet you when he gets here." Troy said to him.

"I'd like that as long as I don't get punched." Ryan said Troy laughed.

"Seriously you don't need to worry about my brother okay." Troy said to him the blond nodded and offered a shy smile.